From a Painful Pandemic to an Epidemic of Hope

Fr. Andrew Rodriguez, SJ, will serve as the next director of novices for the Jesuits West Province.

The Society of Jesus in the United States welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade. Abortion is a massive injustice in our society, and today’s ruling is a critical step toward the legal protection of all unborn children.

By the time of St. Ignatius’ death—a mere 15 years after the founding of the Society of Jesus—Jesuits had established 74 colleges on three continents.

St. Francis Xavier School fosters a learning environment whose community members appreciate God’s presence in the world and respond generously in action to God’s love.

Meet the six members of the Jesuits West Province who will be ordained to the priesthood June 11, 2022.

Students from Jesuit high schools in California came together in the state’s capital last month to advocate for social issues they’re passionate about.

On Tuesday, April 5, Manuel Chavira, SJ, of Jesuits West, was ordained a deacon at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon.

The Ignatian Spirituality Project invites people recovering from homelessness and addiction to encounter God’s love, hope and healing through spiritual companionship that transforms lives.

Santa Clara University today announced that Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D., current president of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has been named the 30th president of Santa Clara University.

In St. Albans, Maine, Sister Emmanuel Bryant is hunkered down for another brutal New England winter. It has been nearly three decades since the native Californian came to this beautiful, remote place, but she has never forgotten the West Coast Jesuits who put a roof over her head.

March 12, 2022, will mark the 400th anniversary of the canonizations of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. To celebrate the occasion, Pope Francis will preside over an anniversary Mass at the Church of the Gesù in Rome, which will be livestreamed.